Delaney Williams
Actor · Born December 12, 1962 (63) · Washington, DC
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Delaney Williams is an American actor from Washington, D.C. He appears on the HBO drama The Wire as a recurring guest star playing homicide sergeant Jay Landsman. He also had a small role on HBO's mini-series The Corner which brought him to the attention of the producers, who worked on The Corner prior to casting The Wire. Description above from the Wikipedia article Delaney Williams, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- December 12, 1962 (63)
- Washington, DC
- Actor
- 23 on MovieCove · 30 credits in all
What are Delaney Williams' films like?
Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 2
Grounded 3 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 1 · Charged 1 · Intense 1
Steady 1 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0
A split, not a type: Casual 2 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 1
A split, not a type: Easy watch 1 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 2
Resolved 0 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Delaney Williams' films?
As of October 24, 2026, 17 of their 23 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on The Roku Channel (5).
Subscription and free streaming for Delaney Williams' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
30 credits, 23 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
Drink and Be Merry(2025)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Shadow Wrangler (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
We Own This City(2022)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows
FBI: Most Wanted(2020)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows
Evil(2019)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows
The Punisher(2017)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Good Enough(2016)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
MacGyver(2016)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows
Chicago P.D.(2014)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
Beneath the Harvest Sky(2013)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Elementary(2012)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
Veep(2012)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
Blue Bloods(2010)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
You Don't Know Jack(2010)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Red(2008)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Cold Case (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Head of State(2003)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
The Wire(2002)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows
The District (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Cecil B. Demented(2000)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Young Americans (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
The Corner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
Pecker(1998)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
A Case Against Karen(1998)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Contact(1997)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
The Roswell Report (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Up in the Hills (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 77th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 30 titles, 28 of them dated from 1993 to 2025.
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Delaney Williams' films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 64th percentile, the median of all 10; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 50th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up14
- 50th to 74th4
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
9 of their 23 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved8
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser9
- Mixed5
Reviewers score the acting 71/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 81, detractors 40. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.